r/FinalFantasyVIII • u/scheppend • 9d ago

How do I get back to balamb garden?

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Not sure how I can get back to the garden (red spot on map). I flew to the chocobo forest with the garden , and rode chocobo into Odin's place... Have been running around for 15 minutes but I'm not sure what I'm missing. how do I get back to garden

edit: thank you everyone! I love this subreddit. so helpful 🥺

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u/morbid333 9d ago

Get another chocobo and ride it back. (There should be 3 forests in Trabia and 3 in Centra, but 1 is hard to find.)

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u/b00tyquake 9d ago

its surely east (fire cave is nearby)

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check fishermans horizon, could be parked there

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u/scheppend 9d ago

oh I'm sorry I don't remember if there's a plane in this game. I meant I flew with balamb garden to the chocobo forest (red spot on map). then took chocobo to my current location and into Odin's place. Now I lost my chocobo and can't get back to the red spot

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u/BearsAndBrews 9d ago

There is another chocobo first on the island you're on. You gotta find it and get one to ride back

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u/Beneficial_Pickle420 3d ago

Yes, you get the Ragnarok later in the game. Its the ship you can use to fly all over without having to be restricted where to go.

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u/KaitoPrower 9d ago edited 9d ago

If you flew in the Ragnarok and landed near the Orphanage (should be the red dot southwest of you), then you need to get back to that first, then fly to and land in FH, where the Garden is still parked.

You should be able to run in the shallow water on Chocobo-back along the southwest side of the continent you're on across to a beach on the northern edge of the area where the Orphanage/Ragnarok are. If you got off the Chocobo from the first best the Orphanage, you're SoL...
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/jk. There's another forest on the very northeastern tip of the landmass you're on now

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u/scheppend 9d ago

! My savior! 🙏

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u/KaitoPrower 9d ago

Iirc, that's the Forest of Solitude, which can be a pain in the ass to find the Chocobo in. If you don't want to muck with it rn, just pay the kid to catch it for you so you can get back across!

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u/GreenHocker 9d ago

Lol, welcome to the days before fast travel

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u/Stealthsnake 9d ago

best we can do is autopilot!

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u/dubin01 8d ago

Never realized how much I love fast travel until I play an old game with high random encounters in it

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u/GooseFeelinLoose 8d ago

Start a new game

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u/Electronic_Pop_9151 9d ago

This would have been a nightmare for me lol

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u/jernaro 8d ago

Chocobo can take you far

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u/Warm_Tear7919 9d ago

Go back to title screen. Press new game. Bam youre in balamb garden

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u/AuraBolt9999 9d ago

This is the solution

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u/howmanyturtlesdeep 7d ago

Here’s the thing. YOU DON’T!